Pioneering Spirit: The Largest Construction Ship in the World

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2 ай бұрын

Discover the untold story behind the colossal Pioneering Spirit, the largest vessel ever built. Delve into its groundbreaking design, jaw-dropping capabilities, and its pivotal role in reshaping the world's offshore industry.
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@kristofnys3212 2 ай бұрын

During the inauguration of the ship in 2015 I was lucky to be one of the video technicians working during the ceremony. We also got a tour of the ship. It’s hard to describe how incredibly big everything on that vessel is.

@mwolkove 2 ай бұрын

It's funny how well saying the size is hard to describe works as a description of its size. Basically, it's on scale that is so uncommon we've never needed a word for it.

@joelfoss7428 2 ай бұрын

I got to visit my uncle on an aircraft carrier when it was stationed at Port on a 3 day cruise, they called it a tiger cruise 3 days on a ship the size of a small town 5000 people but on the ocean with jet planes launching and what not. I bet that size and catamaran design and more than twice the size would be amazing... I'm thinking Dennis Hopper in Waterworld. You could totally create your own mobile country on such an edifice once the world 🌎 sea level changes.

@enisra_bowman 2 ай бұрын

@@mwolkove that somewhat works even with smaller things like a SpcaeShuttle, shure you know they about 37m long but you never see them in a good reference frame

@RemyMartinVSOP Ай бұрын

Cool story bro.

@donaldmacarthur 2 ай бұрын

I particularly enjoyed the smartass remark about real measures of measurement before comparing it to 326,000+ Shaqs. Well done!

@jimcappa6815 2 ай бұрын

On DtU, the standard unit of measure is Danny DeVito. This thing may be.too big for that!

@fatbody111 2 ай бұрын

I was expecting blue whales so shaq was a welcome surprise.

@willythemailboy2 2 ай бұрын

I was expecting a "your mother".

@aurorarookwood2093 2 ай бұрын

I prefer and was expecting the only true unit of measuring a units capacity to lift a unit... The metric Danny Divito. But I guess they keep that to Brain Blaze iirc.

@aurorarookwood2093 2 ай бұрын

I got a pen and a Napkin. Its about 539,326 Danny DiVito's

@ColtonRMagby 2 ай бұрын

Forget massive, that ship is ENORMOUS!

@jcahill7560 2 ай бұрын

Humongous!

@mackenziemoore5088 2 ай бұрын

"Squatting itself down while stratling it's intended payload inside it's slot" had me giggling like an idiot XD

@DKing627 2 ай бұрын

Disappointed that there were no jokes about how much pipe it can handle.

@1337user 2 ай бұрын

I think I know what it'll do with 27,000 tons of pipe :^

@charlesdorval394 2 ай бұрын

@@1337user A pipeline? :P

@kingjellybean9795 2 ай бұрын

5:02 Laying under sea pipe😏

@mirzaahmed6589 Ай бұрын

straddling

@randomname4726 2 ай бұрын

Engineers are amazing. They don't get enough respect and praise for safely building our worlds machinery, bridges, infrastructure etc the list goes on...

@TM10000 2 ай бұрын

It's a little ironic that a company based in a landlocked country builds the worlds heaviest ship.

@autobootpiloot 2 ай бұрын

Don’t worry, it’s a Dutch company trying to evade taxes. The ship is developed by the Dutch, technology is mostly installed by the Dutch and most of the important crew is Dutch. Mr, Heerema is Dutch, so is his brother that owns the biggest and heaviest floating cranes in the world. The only Swiss thing about allseas is the postal code.

@TM10000 2 ай бұрын

@@autobootpiloot Can't blame him for trying to save some money I guess. Thanks for clarifying.

@rapidthrash1964 2 ай бұрын

I actually ran the numbers on Pioneering Spirit's lifting capacity; roughly 48000 tonnes (53000 tons for Americans). When it was fully loaded, the Titanic weighed 52000 tons. In other words, the PS has the strength to lift the Titanic (if wasn't at the bottom of the ocean, extremely fragile and not broken into several pieces)

@paladinsas9078 2 ай бұрын

As an American, i appreciate units of measurement that i can understand. 200 statues of liberty is easily relatable

@T_da_yung_goat 2 ай бұрын

I can’t wait for the day humanity can finally break the half-million Shaq barrier .

@toomanykatsu 2 ай бұрын

“27,000 pounds of pipe” sounds like your mom has been busy 😂😂😂

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

Just another Tuesday really .. hardly an inconvenience

@mwhitelaw8569 2 ай бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Didn't even break a sweat

@sjorsirausquin7707 2 ай бұрын

The mastermilo video about this ship is also really good, it is a ship tour and really shows what it does!

@maryrowe3981 2 ай бұрын

😮

@ignitionfrn2223 2 ай бұрын

1:30 - Chapter 1 - Design & development 6:05 - Chapter 2 - Specs & capabilities 10:15 - Chapter 3 - Service life & succession

@NorwegianCrazyGuy 2 ай бұрын

I have had the pleassure to see this ship a couple of times. During my lunch break at Aker Stord, Norway many years ago, this thing came in the fjord, picked up the Johan Sverdrup Drilling Platform and left. It is so big it doesn't make sence to compare it to things.

@rixcyricky 23 күн бұрын

My lovely vessel , proud to have stepped foot and working there

@DannyPhilipsen 2 ай бұрын

It's amazing that mankind has the ability to build something this massive!

@bigrob966 2 ай бұрын

Hey, I suggested this like six months ago! I am stoked you made a video about this thing. It is an astonishing engineering accomplishment.

@CaptainOinkOink 2 ай бұрын

I saw this in Stord in western Norway when I had a summer job at the norwegian coastal administration almost 2 years ago

@eaphantom9214 2 ай бұрын

0:59 - WHOOOHOO that is BIG 😮

@jafhu 2 ай бұрын

The pioneering spirit was in my city some months ago. It’s huge, like unimaginable huge The barge bumblebee sat in my city for like 2-3 years, just sat there and looked ugly as it was in one of the most trafficked route for small hobby boats At 12:50 is actually the clip of when they picked up bumblebee in my hometown

@TheCoffeeSquirel 2 ай бұрын

Pioneering Spirit is sometimes in my hometown, Kristiansand Norway, and looks to be larger than our downtown area I also did some work for Hereema in Taiwan (irrelevant to Pioneering Spirit)

@autobootpiloot 2 ай бұрын

The heerema company belongs to the brother of the owner of allseas. That’s a family that likes lifting heavy.

@jl3039 2 ай бұрын

YES! The SHAQS are Back! ❤❤❤

@russellfitzpatrick503 2 ай бұрын

I saw the ship when it was moored at the Maasvlakte 2 , itself a megaproject, and it was remarkable as it was so much bigger than even the massive tankers in the Maasvlakte itself. Actually I thought that the Heerema group was Dutch

@Seraphus87 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, first time I saw that thing at Maasvlakte 2, I thought it was multiple ships moored next to each other, nope, just one *big* boy.

@qoyari 2 ай бұрын

Allseas Group is a Dutch offshore contractor. The company is headquartered in Châtel-Saint-Denis, Switzerland

@williamjacob885 2 ай бұрын

This thing is an absolute BEAST!

@markblanch2905 2 ай бұрын

I've worked on Allseas vessels for years. Every pipelayer they had other than this one.

@fsj197811 2 ай бұрын

That was cool, thanks for sharing.

@outsider7658 2 ай бұрын

I worked as an officer on a ship, like the on at 2.16--. We transported material to the rigs in Forties Field, outside Scotland, with "home" in Dundee. Somewhere there, we met a giant like that, I just took a look at a picture of it. And, wow, that was big too. Big enough to lift heavy(!) loads up, to the deck of those rigs. About 70 meters up. Some crew members stand under the crane and they look like ants. Have`t given that a thought, since I quit, but now, it seemed as big as then. But this one, no comments, just watching with my jaw down. Wow! from A Finn in Diaspora

@aurorarookwood2093 2 ай бұрын

I get into Dundee now and then and as I've seen the rigs there when crossing the bridge ever since I was a kid ya kinda tune them out. But when I am along the waterfront near the Quay close to the docks and one is in the scale of that shit hits hard... And I feel like I'm as big as I was when I was a kid again!

@Supernaut2000 2 ай бұрын

Allseas, a Swiss company...OMG from a landlocked country comes the world's largest ship? Something is amiss here....Simon, find out!

@paulroling1781 2 ай бұрын

It is Dutch in origin, where the main offices are. It is probably officially Swiss for political reasons.

@crazydutchbloke 2 ай бұрын

The ship is owned by Allseas Delft, in The Netherlands.

@amys500 2 ай бұрын

Ah that makes sense. Swiss for tax? 😆

@SmileyMack 2 ай бұрын

That ship could achieve the world's greatest practical joke. Worker: "Boss, the oil rig isn't there any more." Boss:......!!!...

@bryantsteury8910 2 ай бұрын

I, too, have a pipe-laying system

@s3gv 2 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for a full video on this damned ship, it's massive on google maps!

@reahreic7698 2 ай бұрын

where??? it's difficult for me to wrap my brain around its size.

@s3gv 2 ай бұрын

@@reahreic7698 Currently docked in amsterdam. Check 03/2020 on Google Earth Pro, 51°57'57.99"N, 3°58'57.20"E. There is another ship near it that will show you the scale. It's absolutely massive.

@jaybruce593 2 ай бұрын

This ship was actually built for decommissioning, not construction. oil platforms "top sides"were built in shipyards, and floated out on heavy barges, and lifted onto their "jackets" (legs) by heavy lift cranes such as the saipem 7000. The beauty of the pioneering spirit was it was a one stop ship, allowing it to cut, lift, transport and deliver to the decommissioning ship yard, the entire topside,, rather than have to involve multiple vessels to lift the topside off the jacket, a another to transport it to ship yard for decommissioning, another heavy lift crane to lift it to quayside, free spirit does it all.

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

It does installations as well, no?

@kurtdnelson9653 2 ай бұрын

You just copied what Simon said and still got it wrong buy never saying it delivers newly built oil rigs 🤬😁

@jaybruce593 2 ай бұрын

Actually Simon said it was built for delivering new rigs rather than building them offshore, whereas the rigs were already built onshore and delivered with different means, this was specifically built for removing rigs. I was involved with the decommissioning of the Brent Alpha, and knew of this ship long ago.

@jaybruce593 2 ай бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Yes it CAN deliver, but it was built for removal, hence it being constructed in the twilight years of mort north sea assets, not in the booming construction early days.

@kurtdnelson9653 2 ай бұрын

@@jaybruce593 hay jaybruce I committed on the fact that you repeated what Simon said and why is it necessary for you to repeat it I think we the people who watched the video didn't need your comment it was totally unnecessary and you forgot to mention it can and did haul new rigs

@gamehacker5692 2 ай бұрын

Can we get a video on the Newport News Shipping dry dock that makes the us navy’s carriers and submarines?

@rayne21x 2 ай бұрын

Gives me slight Millennium Falcon vibes with the offset bridge and the two pronged hull at the front.

@nafjon1 2 ай бұрын

No banana for scale? 🍌🤷🏻‍♂️ Awesome stuff guys! Thank you!!!

@larswint1719 Ай бұрын

Nice video, Two corrections: 1. It's no real catamaran. The bows are splitted, but the aft is one piece. 2. Is has 12 thrusters, not 13

@lmt-nw7zs 2 ай бұрын

Love the video, BUTT Allseas is a dutch company. The owner is Edward heerema.

@markblanch2905 2 ай бұрын

A Dutch company "based" out of Switzerland

@lmt-nw7zs 2 ай бұрын

@@markblanch2905 the head office is in Delft the Netherlands,

@conquerthafuture7209 2 ай бұрын

That thing a huge catamaran basically. Super cool

@benb3756 2 ай бұрын

12:50 Sitting in the port? More like blocking it off entirely 😂

@cossierob6143 2 ай бұрын

Pretty sure this has been near me during Brent de-commissioning. Able Offshore, Seaton, England.

@huseynhuseynbeyli1286 Ай бұрын

It’s a Dutch company mate!!!! 🥳

@jeffjeffnorway 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video My uncle worked as a project planner for this ship. 😀

@mohammedsaysrashid3587 2 ай бұрын

Nice introduction....maybe similar to artificial islands..except mobility of that Gained ship 🚢

@claytonreeves8955 2 ай бұрын

Awesome 👌

@leodelachambre9499 Ай бұрын

It is a Dutch company in origin It is a sister/brother company of heerema and blue water

@BadBoybBubby 21 күн бұрын

"Make that hull thing better" no punn intended 🤣🇭🇲

@REACHTOTHE 7 күн бұрын

Right now Im out on Ekofisk oilfield and this ship just came in. It is crazy big. Right now removing the old 2/4 Eko G (Valhall RP) jacket.

@RoryHanna 2 ай бұрын

It's mental the fact we can build these things and know they will float is mental. The size of that ship and rigs in general is not like anything else. When you think too that these oceans are often very unpredictable and that less then 10% of the actual ocean is fully known It makes it even more impressive. Really do wonder what the limit to building these things and much more if countries decided to work together and remove costs. Especially for space projects but this will never happen.

@jaredkennedy6576 2 ай бұрын

I had a job offer for offshore rig work straight out of school, and I should have taken it. It took me almost ten years to approach their starting pay.

@Porter92 2 ай бұрын

And some float with propellars on each leg for Current adjustments

@Dene181 2 ай бұрын

Crazy and interesting!

@christopherdobinson710 2 ай бұрын

Name: All Seas Me hearing Ausies thanks to the splendid English accent. lol 😂 Love your videos Simon 😎

@captaintoyota3171 2 ай бұрын

Yeah i do barge work on bridges, lift 200k lbs stuff etc. Would love to work on a ship like this

@admdubya2107 2 ай бұрын

“If anybody can figure out what to do with 27,000lbs of pipe.” Somebody’s mom somewhere: ☺️

@J.A.Smith2397 2 ай бұрын

Back to your roots here mate!

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

(4:52) 48,000 metric tons = 52910.94 U.S. tons .. or 105,821,886 pounds!! And 25,000 metric tons = 27557.78 U.S. tons .. or 55,115,566 pounds!! 🤯

@ryand2529 2 ай бұрын

That’s a big damn boat!!

@Darknamja 7 күн бұрын

The ROK builds impressive ships both commercial and military. 😉

@tsbulmer 2 ай бұрын

"326,496 Shaquille O'Niels"? C'mon, Whistler, don't be ridiculous - that'd be over 326 kiloshaqs! Unpossible.

@BMW7series251 2 ай бұрын

My mind is now boggled with these stats!!!!.....

@frankhaugen 2 ай бұрын

It has anchored up outside of my home city so much, I don't see it as special 😂

@jack00scarecrow 2 ай бұрын

she's a beast

@Jonasastrophotos 2 ай бұрын

Damn thats a cool ship

@twilightgryphon 2 ай бұрын

You gave us a real unit of measurement in how much it weighs in Shaquille O'Neils, but not its height in Danny DeVitos, come on Simon!

@svenlima 2 ай бұрын

When it will be decommissioned I will buy it and use it as a houseboat on our lake.

@loribroadbent8573 2 ай бұрын

Ok Simon, this is the fifth video of yours that I've watched today, all of which are new. Did you release a video on every channel you do?

@igitaq 2 ай бұрын

You really should be using the most universal form of measurement, that of Danny Devitos.

@jdavidaiken 2 ай бұрын

Great video - but the terminology makes me twitch like reading your/you're mistakes. "Oil Rig" is the industry term for a drilling rig, which is the machinery that drills the hole and sets the well casing. This ship deals with platforms, not rigs. It's a small detail, and I'm sure most people won't care - but people with experience in the oil and gas industry won't be able to unhear that mistake which might take away from the message. Phenomenal episode, keep up the good work!

@megandonahue6832 2 ай бұрын

How the hell do u talk about this thing, without getting into it's mind blowing heavy compensation system and quick lift capabilities. It's what sets this beast apart from a heavy lift crane

@scabthecat 2 ай бұрын

It's his grift. Makes nothing but rehashing for clicks. Doesn't really care.

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

@@scabthecat Why are you here?

@scabthecat 2 ай бұрын

@@THE-X-Force Algorithm

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

@@scabthecat Why would you try to help the algorithm of a channel you think is grifitng? Or do you not realize that commenting and / or disliking actually helps the algorithm for it?

@scabthecat 2 ай бұрын

@@THE-X-Force You asked why I was here

@tomholroyd7519 2 ай бұрын

"Nobody needs a Mercedes-Benz. Nobody needs a Porsche. The 'reasons' to buy those things are emotional." -- Lexus 400

@JJ-si4qh 2 ай бұрын

Please make a video on oil rigs

@CtRAlTtAb 2 ай бұрын

can you make a video about the F-20 tigershark

@Crimethoughtfull 2 ай бұрын

Allseas, a Swiss company...yes, nothing says nautical prowess like Switzerland. LOL

@Bird_Dog00 2 ай бұрын

Probably there for tax reasons. But switzerland does have a sizable merchant navy for a landlocked country.

@markblanch2905 2 ай бұрын

@Bird_Dog00 100% for tax reasons. They're a Dutch company

@andymouse 2 ай бұрын

I wish you could have put the Starship Enterprise next to it for proper scale, I don't know about netball players....cheers.

@psychosis7325 2 ай бұрын

$2.4B sounds cheap AF for that capability. Where do I order?

@freddiecarr7602 2 ай бұрын

My alcoholic Aunt is still trying to book passage....

@bunyipdragon9499 2 ай бұрын

Damn, this thing is so big it's got to be measured in Shaq's rather than DeVito's😂😂

@garyclark3843 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if it could help in Baltimore?

@JohnMears-je4ed 2 ай бұрын

A Simon video, 1 day old and only 60k views???? Is the internet broken ?

@amaccama3267 2 ай бұрын

What to do with all that pipe? I've got a suggestion. It's going to make your eyes water though.

@guitarheromartijn Ай бұрын

We did/do work for allseas including pioneering spirit. If i am correct it is build to deconstruct old oil platforms not build them.

@alexisjuillard4816 2 ай бұрын

"barges" 200X57m were talking hectars here lol

@user-ch9pj3zb3c 2 ай бұрын

I love how we live in a time where we can watch the construction of Rasputin 2.0 every few days...

@kingjellybean9795 2 ай бұрын

5:02 lol should.call the ship aqua man if its doin that 😏

@maz1960 Ай бұрын

326496 Shaqs is cool but how many Danny Devitos is that?

@OrdinaryDude 2 ай бұрын

Simon. I thought the standard of measurement for your channels is in Danny DeVitos, not Shaquille O'Neals...

@someonebald2022 2 ай бұрын

Is there any reason this ship can't be used to help clean up the Pacific garbage zone?

@enisra_bowman 2 ай бұрын

yes, mostly because it's build to lift one large thing and not many tiny ones

@someonebald2022 2 ай бұрын

@@enisra_bowman Big things are made of small things.

@jeremymontgomery9354 2 ай бұрын

"pipe laying operations" 😂😂😂

@user-oe6gg5rw7o 2 ай бұрын

“Straddling its intended payload inside its slot, n offloading that ballast” well if thats the ways she wants it, she gets it! Hold on? What were talking about? Lol

@keithwalmsley1830 2 ай бұрын

I'd like to see pirates try and hijack this babe!!! 🤣

@joelfoss7428 2 ай бұрын

Actually, it would not be that hard if they had the right equipment and strategies. Helicopters and such. I hope there are cameras and armed defense and what not. This thing is quite a nice target as it is the only one of its kind. But even if you stole it, it's not like it would be easy to hide the damn thing...

@enisra_bowman 2 ай бұрын

@@joelfoss7428 as if modern piracy does work different than the on classical one in the caribbean sea as in: they aren't psychos, they don't want to get hurt or work, they are lowlife criminals, if they would want to put afford in it they would build a bank. And ye, even IF they would caputure it, they would put a veeery large mark on their heads

@kickinghorse2405 2 ай бұрын

Does anyone else find it slightly hysterical that "AllSeas" is a Swiss company? (Kinda reminds me of Swiss Navy products :)

@harmrozema3330 2 ай бұрын

In essence it is a dutch company, but due to economic and political factors it became swiss is my understanding.

@EdilsaCueva-ky6vg 2 ай бұрын

If these engineers ever want to build a moon colony, sign me up!

@RyanMr92 2 ай бұрын

So basically... the heaviest forklift in the world...🤭😂

@pauleohl 2 ай бұрын

Are removed oil platforms reused or repaired or scrapped?

@hatersgonnarate3973 2 ай бұрын

Make a vid about the A6 Intruder

@tomekkaminski2677 2 ай бұрын

Audi?

@hatersgonnarate3973 2 ай бұрын

What?

@Jon6429 17 күн бұрын

Big enough to lift the wreck of a submarine

@Porter92 2 ай бұрын

Arent windmills in shallow water areas?

@HadeerAnnie 2 ай бұрын

Global cooperation at its finest!

@HikuroMishiro 2 ай бұрын

I couldn't understand any of the metrics in this video, where is the standard Danny DeVito unit?

@UpperDarbyDetailing Ай бұрын

For the *Amazing Grace*, did actually intend to give it’s estimated coat at three billion *dollars*, or is it actually three billion *pounds*?

@anonymous5405 2 ай бұрын

We’re gonna need a bigger boat..?

@joseybryant7577 2 ай бұрын

After the fallout from a much larger channel switching to a subscription system; I am grateful Simon decided to just make multiple channels instead of opting for a subscription model.

@Shinzon23 2 ай бұрын

Which channel was that?

@randomname4726 2 ай бұрын

I just saw the Atozy video on that.

@wstavis3135 2 ай бұрын

I always hate comments like this that vaguely reference something, mostly in an attempt to make the poster seem more knowledgeable and in touch.

@joseybryant7577 2 ай бұрын

It was Watcher. There ya go.@@wstavis3135

@THE-X-Force 2 ай бұрын

What are you talking about? Throw people a bone. Not everyone is clinically online ..